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Greater Giyani Local Municipality

Coordinates: 23°25′S 30°45′E / 23.417°S 30.750°E / -23.417; 30.750
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Greater Giyani
Official seal of Greater Giyani
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 23°25′S 30°45′E / 23.417°S 30.750°E / -23.417; 30.750
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
SeatGiyani
Wards30
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total244,217
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.5%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Tsonga90.8%
 • Sepedi3.8%
 • Sotho2.6%
 • Other2.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM331

Greater Giyani Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Giyani) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Giyani.

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Giyani Part 2 90111 21.53 32,673 Tsonga
Giyani Part 3 90112 0.24 415 Tsonga
Hlaneki 90102 365.04 23,402 Tsonga
Mabunda 90103 1.63 3,861 Tsonga
Makhuva 90104 131.90 3,615 Tsonga
Modjadji 90105 4.03 4,373 Tsonga
Msengi 90106 87.74 8,279 Tsonga
Ndengeza 90107 82.98 10,751 Tsonga
Nkuri 90108 5.35 7,052 Tsonga
Nkomo 90109 3.92 4,029 Tsonga
Shiviti 90110 815.97 39,610 Tsonga
Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) 90101 1,444.47 99,343 Tsonga

Politics

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The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress44,40072.712946,55076.721847
Economic Freedom Fighters4,3497.1204,7897.8955
Independent candidates4,7137.7222
African People's Convention2,0643.3801,6882.7822
Democratic Alliance1,0201.6701,1421.8811
Forum for Service Delivery7301.2001,3032.1511
Mopani Independent Movement1,2061.9807931.3111
Patriotic Alliance6371.0406241.0311
Ximoko Party2120.3501,0051.6611
National Independent Party4080.6704820.7911
13 other parties1,3242.1702,2993.7900
Total61,063100.003160,675100.003162
Valid votes61,06398.2360,67597.71
Invalid/blank votes1,0981.771,4252.29
Total votes62,161100.0062,100100.00
Registered voters/turnout127,78248.65127,78248.60

South African general election, 2014

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Results of the National Assembly election of 2014 for Greater Giyani Local Municipality:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Greater Giyani". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  5. ^ "Home". elections.org.za.
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